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supajel
NETHERLANDS
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 Topic initiated on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 5:49 AM 
Faith and ethics of Islam
Dear people,
I just studied the course 'Religion of Islam'. And I took the test just now.
I have a question.
In the course material/ text it's stated that al-Hikmah are the ethics of a religions (if I understand it correctly). And furthermore that all the ethics are the same of religions.
But I question if this is so. Are the ethics of Islam the same as Christianity or Buddism?
I really would like to know more about it.
Hope to hear from somebody on the forum.
Kind regards,
Jelle |
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rodg7
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 4:45 PM 
hi jelle,
this is my personal view of ethics,ethics in relation to islam,whether philosophical or theological grew out of early discussions of the question of predetermination. (qadar) and obligation (taklif) and the perceived injustices of temporal rulers,particuarly the caliphs.
i think that ethics is in a sense too general a term,for example. in sub saharan africa ethical thought grew out of cultural traditions that were communal and not individualistic. whereas western christian thought and ethics has tended to be much less communal and much more naturalistic and humanistic.
so i think that ethical thought has quite a lot to do with the cultural framework of different societies and how religion is perceived in those societies.
this is of course my view of it!
regards rod |
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admin
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Friday, April 26, 2013 - 8:09 AM
salam Jelle
What is stressed in the course material is that in general moral values are the same in all religions. No one one would contest for instance that justice (which is a moral value) is not approved by all religions. It is precisely because of this universality that they are called universal moral values.
regards
Dr Shehzad Saleem |
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student7
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 5:48 AM
| most humbly I have a difference of opinion from Shehzad bhai. The question asked was about Al hikmah. My humble understanding is that Al hikmah entails faith and morals and not just morals. What I have understood is that Al hikmah of all Prophets of God was the same. This includes Jews and Christians, albeit the religions are not in their original forms. However the Al hikmah for non Abrahamic faiths cannot be the same as for Abrahamic faiths i.e. buddhism. |
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admin
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Monday, February 17, 2014 - 12:53 PM
Thank you student 7. I stand corrected in the first part.
However in the second part as far as morality is concerned (not faith and beliefs), it is common to all. Even people who do not believe in any religion share the same moral values. This is because morality is based on innate guidance given to each and every human being by God in his intuition.
Dr Shehzad Saleem |
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